#Chapter 175: Please Stay…

Alaric’s POV Cara’s words shook me to my core. She wanted to… leave? Until this health scare – or whatever this was – things had been going well for us. Just the other night, I had held her in my arms all night long. Our love felt rekindled. But now – she just wanted to go away and not have that anymore? Something had to be going on. Something worse than what I had been assuming. But what? “Cara, please talk to me,” I said. “Please tell me what’s going on. We can work through it together. I want to be here for you. Haven’t you been comfortable here? Why leave? Cara looked away from me, with something like guilt darkening her face. “I need to be close to my family now, Alaric. And the kids need to get back to school.” “The tutors have been coming over nearly every day.” At least, before Mia had to go to the hospital. But now that she was home, we could get the schedule going again. “They miss their old friends,” she said, and I hated that I couldn’t argue that. Though I co